Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 14:28:09 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: mpp@freefall.freebsd.org (Mike Pritchard) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@freebsd.org, port-i386@netbsd.org, darrenr@cyber.com.au Subject: Re: dump for MS-DOS partitions. Message-ID: <199703250358.OAA13637@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199703242341.PAA20128@freefall.freebsd.org> from Mike Pritchard at "Mar 24, 97 03:41:24 pm"
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Mike Pritchard stands accused of saying: > J Wunsch wrote: > > > > Better name it `dosdump'? Remember, there's more DOSes than just M$. > > Also, we do already have a mkdosfs(8), maybe somebody would even write > > a dosfsck(8). (mkdosfs doesn't understand harddisks however. I'm not > > the right person to ask for this, my DOS knowledge is too weak.) > > Doesn't either NetBSD or OpenBSD have a mkdosfs command? Maybe As Joerg just pointed out, we already have mkdosfs. > they even have a dosfsck by now...I remember seeing some man pages > X-refs for it sometime ago, but the command was vaporware at > that point. Our overworked friend Robert Nordier was very close to having this sort of stuff ready last time we heard from him. It'd be nice to know if he's getting any more free time soon 8) > Mike Pritchard -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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